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'*. i -,:,J v. fM^m- W. C. BtTKGBSS ] IT. D. BtJRGESS ' NEWAEK, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907. V C VOLOTCE 21 I NOMREB 2 fOASTONISHTHEWORLDI ffif Id i^ Oil King' to Bequeath-$250,ooo,« ooo to Ecfyicatibn and Charity. world. It can \be staled authoritative ly, however, that President Roosevelt will not change his_ attitude toward the railroads, though it is admitted that the administration has no inten- tion of entering upon an extremely radical attack on the railway corpora- tions. I- Hummel's Testimony Admitted—Panto in Wall\ Street^Lbsses by .Floods. Negro Rhodes Scholar—Changes In Barge Canal Route—Burning of Sin- clair's Helicon Hall. The New York Herald of Sunday says that according to a member of John D. Rockefeller; - Jr.'s Bible class and who is also a personal friend of John D. Rockefeller and in a position to know of .his affairs, the latter pro- poses soon to make a princely- gift to the city of New York. It Will amount to at least 150,000,000. It will be\ part- ly charitable and partly educational. The Herald adds: \This mftn in- formed a Herald reporter thaf when Mr. Rockefeller was conferring with his son at Lakewood, N. J., a fort- night ago, the meeting was not'for the purpose of discussing any immediate gift, but waa on the subject .of-\Mr. Eockefeller's will, which document the oil king was then completing with the aid of his son and his lawyers. It is jaaid that this document will astonlsh.[ the world when it is made public. It will, it is declared, donate no less than ¥250,000,000 for charitable and educa- tional purposes, and'it will be so be- •stpwed that the*benefit therefrom will be. almost perpetual. ry \The manner in which these be- <j-uss,ts will be bestowed Is said to be mainly educational and charitable. While^ there are some' contributions for religious purposes, it is stated that Mr. Rockefeller does nqt think it nee- isaar-y-W-exteSaTany great financial aid ,to Churches. To his manner nf NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Both Houses Busy Considering Most Important Measures. thinking, the churches. are -growing stronger and stronger and there-is no . danger that they will ever need any great -financial--aBsistaflce™froTn:~0ne man. \4s to the -charitable bequests, it waa said some time ago that Mr. Rock- efeller haoV In! mind building model tenements for the poor, such as have been, erected i n some European cities. - \In his -will,\ The Herald's Inform- ant states, \Mr. Rockefeller has pro- vided these things—bequests for re- llgious-purposesj-t-houg-h- not of large sums; liberal bequests for education, and what are described as princely \bequests for charitable purposes. It Is said that there is scarcely a man, woman or child- that will not benefit in some way by these prospective do- nations.\ \Vfll Not Affect General Business. - Jacob.SchiS- of New York declared that he c&uld not see any reason why the \Wall street panic should spread to the general business conditions oi the country. Interviewed at Augusta, Ga., he said: . \I have. strong hopes that much good will result from the present situation. The raUroads and the people will be brought nearer togettFJ er. The welfare of one Is indlssolubly connected with the success of the other. * \President RooseVelt did not bring about the muddle; he simply recog- nized, earlier than most others whith- er we were drifting. By the wise course-tie has taken he has rendered a great service to the people and to the corporations themselves. The les- son will be valuable to the corporation\! managers in the future.\ First Negro Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes scholarship for the state of Pennsylvania has this year been awarded to a colored\ man. He is Alain LeRoy Locke, 712 South-Twelfth Street, TShiladelphia, a senior at Har- vard university. In the will of the late Cecil Rhodes it is provided that -color or religion shall- made no difference in -the selec- tion of the candidate, and Looke was chosen on his merits. There.were'five , The Utilities Bill Is Opposed—Legis- lative Investigation Deferred Await- ing Action on Governor's Measure. Fifteen Million For Forest Lands. Opposition to Sunday Baseball. (Special Correspondence.) Albany, March 20.—The ' beginning of the twelfth week of the legislative session finds the members of both' houses exceedingly busy. Practically all of the important recommendations contained in the governor's massage have been embodied in bills which are now under consideration. The public utilities bill, in connec- tion with the Kelsey- hearing, the Na- tional Guard Investigation, the prbo- lem of how to dispose of state barge «anal bonds without increasing the rate of interest, the New York recount blH, the threat ef-the new attorney- general to investigate certain depart- ments and his protest against the. em- ployment of special counsel to con- duct legal matters belonging properly to his department, the interest of members in their-own local measures •and the fact that the,, possible date of adjournment i,s being discussed,, cre- ates considerable activity. Hearings before, committees are frequent, an illustration being shown by the assembly railroads committee before which hearings are scheduled * Hummel's Story of Evelyn's Affidavit. With Attorney Delmas fighting him 'every loch of the way Mr. Jerome se- cured from Abraham Hummel his com- plete story as to the affidavit which it Is alleged Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made In the lawyer's office in 1903 charging Harry K. Thaw-with beating her when Bhe had told him that the statement that Stanford White had drugged and ruined her- was not true. The Hummel testimony came during the afternoon session of the trial, and Mr. Delmas, first objecting broadly to all of Hummel's testimony, offered a specific objection to each question put by the prosecutor. Justice Fitzgerald overruled every objection and Mr. Del- mas had exceptions to tBS\ rulings noted on the records. Eveljin Nesbit Thaw herself was called to the stand in the effort of the defense to keep Hun/mel silent. She. declared she had called upon Hummel in his professional capacity and to- seek his advice-as a lawyer. Stanford White had taken her to the lawyer's of- fice with that end in^view. Unsuccessful- in blocking Bjummel's testimony, Attorney Delmas in cross- examining the witness brought from his own lips the fact that he had been convicted -in- December, 1905, in -the very court room in which Thaw is be- ing tried, on a charge of conspiracy. He further admitted that two indict- ments for subornation of perjury are pending against him and that one of , these indictments charges, him with \'having caused a false affidavit to be made. Medical Experts Differed. Answering the same_ hypothetical\ question which the alienists of the de- ' -tense answered by saying that Harry Thaw was suffering from a»mind so unsound that he did not know the na- ture or quality of his act when he shot and t killed Stanford White, Dr. Austin Flint, the first expert called to the stand by District ^Attorney Jerome in rebuttal, asserted it as his opinion as a scientific inan that Thaw L .noaItIrely did know the nature and quality of his act and, knew that the act was wrong. Ing of. the condition and general edu- cation of my race,/' who passed . the examinations which . were held, a t Lafayette college on Jan. on no less than n measures. Two ex- 17 and 18, and of these' Locke was eellent an d Proper measures,that have deemed the best fitted to receive thei been introduced the past week and award. ' which should be enacted into law are Locke will be the first negro-to get tne Tnl 'y bni \PfoBTbTtlhg campaign one ofjhe 'American Rhodes scholar- contributions or assessments on the ships. Part of Btate employes, and^h\ code ^TmJend to devote myself to study amendment by Mr. Foley of Kings' while in England,\ Locke said at his making it *a misdemeanor for any leg- home, 'land on my return to this coun-1 iB lator to accept a fee or allowance try I will- devote myself to the better- * o r le g al services from any depart- ment or bureau of the state. Both bills are drawn for the correction of gross and flagrant abuses and are backed by an honest public sentiment. _S.andbaga For Railway Companies. Legislative investigation into tran- sit conditions in New York city as well as into the recent New York Central accident' will be made • only in the event of failure to pass the public utilities bill. These are the sandbags threatening the railway companies in case they mar or murder through their agents the bill so much desired by the governor. Resolutions providing for such in- vestigations, strongly urged by people who lost relatives in the wreck and by people who are dissatisfied with metropolitan transit ^conditions, are held In the assembly ways and means committee pending action on the pub- lic utilities bill. It is believed that this measure, unmarred by amend- ment, will accomplish the results an- ticipated from legislative investiga- tion. At least there is full confidence in the effectiveness of the public utili-, ties bit) when in operation. \ Proposition to Spend $15,000,000. The Moreland bil}, whioh would sub- mit to the people a proposition to spend $15,000,000 for the purchase of additional land for the\ Adirondack certain laiias Turner\w\ate\r The\ mem- j orial to be erected on ground so made. .Authority is given to Jhe board .of es-, timate and apportionment to enter f into contract .with the Robert Fulton ; association for the filling in of such land under water. If the association shall agree to. meet the expense of the improvement the agreement may • pro-' vide that any portion of the park lying west of the railroad may be set apart; for a water gate and basin for a boat j landing for public use, to be known as the Robert Fulton water gate. Pro- vision is made also for the erection and maintenance of the Fulton monu- ment- Barhyte Undrawn Poultry Measure. The.opposition to the Barhyte bill, to prohibit the sale of poultry andj' game that has hot been drawn within 24 hours- after death, fed the members of the' assembly committee on agricul- ture on cold storage chicken killed and frozen six months ago. \None oi the committeemen', suffered any ill ef- fects frojn this practical demonstra- tion. Despite the lunch served the members of the committee the advo- cates of the measure put up excellent arguments, in its favor. The state ments by Dr» -M, Gav-ana were denied by a cold' StoVage man-who had been 33 years, in the business. He insist- ed • that, a drawn fowl becomes.\ sour after being kept in cold storage while one that is undrawn does not. The experts could not agree and the pros- pects are that the measure will fail of passage, as has been the case with similar bills, in previous legislatures. Tile-Hunter's License Bill. The bill introduced by Mr. Merrltt at the \instigation of the forest, fish and_game..gpmmlgslpn, requiring all' hunters 7n the state to take out a II I, .ijhj*$H-jH$H$ M HM^***»J^****4»5!**4**. [_ney\ and\\he hoisted caut-as\enougST6> , give them steerage way, and the little , vessel ran alongside of the captain's t dory. Then the .ropes were rigged , through the block..In the fore rigging, and Bradley and Barney fitted- In the brakes of the' clumsy hand windlass, white Captain Titeqmb stood by the . bulwark. ° | \IT'Ist away!\ coinmundod the skip- per. 1 ! The windlass creaked, the cable tight- j ened and the blocks groaned as a! Partners of the Tide ...By... JOSEPH C. LINCOLN Author of \Cap'n Eri\ Wlnflpld.\ * One evening towarflHie end ^M Fjonth «us^l#tBhint J 'i'Bra/LJf:i3>^. * Copyright, 1905, by A. S. Barnes & Co. 4 * 3V^H$Hfr«yHJ M $ H S H 3\V M I— t V**t- f *$ H $ H 'I- w $ H t*-i' *»' '*' '•' 'fr '^' ' ^ E T ism Losls by Flood In Pittsburg. With the rapid receding of the.wa-. ters in Monohgahela,' Allegheny and Ohio rivers, conditions are fast assum- ing\-normal proportions and the great- est and most; destructive flood in the history of Pittsburg is at an end. Ten square miles were inundated. The loss in actual dollars will probably never be known but an estimate thus far in Allegheny county may he sum- marized .as follows: Loss in output of steel mills, $8,000,000; loss In output of other Industries, $2,000,000; loss in wages of employes, $1,837,000; estimat- ed damage to industrial plants, $2,, 500,00.0; total, $9,337,000. Excitement - was caused by several fires. One which swept the'Mt. Wash- ington district had to be dynamited on account of a shortage of water in the mains. The loss from both fires will not exceed $225,000. Burning of Sinclair's Utopia. Coroner Lees of Englewood, ft. J., has requested Prosecutor Koes- ter to assist him in the mvestiga- | tion and inquest which is to follow the ; complete destruction by fire on Satur- day morning of Upton Sinclair's Heli- con Hall. The coroner has called a , „ ... . , , . jury headed by Mayor McDonald , forest preserve will probably be. re- Mac'kay, and the proceedings will p ° rteA t * is week „ w,t t h a » entta ™ ts ' Probably begin on Thursday The 0ne of t the amendments .will touch on death of Lester Briggs caused the in-1 tne \ ''f te °* '° terest on , the „ bo ° ds ' a _ uest . ° I question which is causing much per- Mrs! Grace McGowan Cooke and j P le * Uy ^VT offlclals , in h T Miss Alice McGowan, who were 'in-1 ° e ?™J? l *_ ,1^ ^Ifl ™ l*^: jured by leaping -from the burning ^building, are still in a serious condi- tion. The others who were burned are doing well. The members of the colony seem in- clined to continue the experiment in a fireproof building. It may be decided to give the governor power to change the rate of interest in order to- meet fluctuations in the money market. The' bill submitting the proposition to the people is in with the governor's recommendation that the \state should extend its hold- ings of tracts of forest lands. The Horse Doc-Wng Bill. The Averill bill, prphiblting the docking of horses' tails, has had its Changes In Barge Canal Route. . The plan' to have -the barge canal pass through the city of Rome was set .aside and State Engineer Skene's : hearing, been reported arid will prob plan to construct the waterway south j ably pass the assembly, as did a simi j of the city was adopted at a meet-, lar measure last year, only to fail of ing of, the canal b6ard in Albany, i passage in the senate. Mr\. Averill It Is estimated that this change will I made a strong plea for the passage of save th'e state $88,000 in \the cost of j his bill. He . declared that docking ~~?, \-\WtirNet Go to Washington. Messrs. McGrea, Mellen, .Hughitt ,«nd Newman, four railroad presidents \ \Tor\\whose \visit to the White HOBSe Aforgan arranged before his departure lor Europe, held a conference at the Grand CehtraL statioh Mn New York. The whole situation was canvassed With great cargvand it was finally de- 4335<fiidfr$i so ^Washington; It is understood that the reason for this conclusion was that the four.jgen- -., tlemen involved did not feel that they * hadflny rtfojjer'niafidatf.ft&m the rail- road, corporations to .represent them. . ^Thfey^recrt^nfeed^that the = railroad .»''toanK&ei f s.6rthe United States aire not ! ' themselves In perfect accord, and that until some method could be adopted for Securing a consensus of opinion a .iJsit-to the president would be Idle. ' • At the conclusion of the conference the • ,rarlous presidents left for their homes. * No Radical Attack on Railroads. ., \ \ ,For two days the White House \ treasury department were Jlopdv ^* _ ed wfft'appeala that President' Roc-si- ~~ velt and Saoretary Coftelyou take BomV aSUdn to avert *W \threatened; dUftsie'r 1 '.' to the financial and railroad the Work and probably $1,700,000 in claims for damages. No action was taken ofi the state engineer's plan to increase the depth of the locks from 12 to 14 feet. At the next meeting delegations from Ithaca and Savannah .are expected to be present to discuss proposed changes in the route of the barge canal at the latter place. No Trace of Missing $176,000. , It having prpved impossible to ob- tain any' trace of the $176,000-lest from the Chicago sub-treasury, secret \service ottceric-are-^w working oh the theory that an-employe \df the sub-' treasury, subject' to mental aberra- tion, wiisirtaced the money. This \em- ploye has admitted he is subject to at- tacks wbeh his mind is a blank. He will be closely watched in the hope that some clew to the money ,may be, found. Smothered In Ruins of Show For?. ' John Me'ara, the 16-year-old son of a policeman, was smothered to death at -\Nisw York city in the ruins of a sno^c fort which he had helped, other boys to build. His-brother Edward, aged 13., was dug put only In Mine to save Bis life. Against a high board fence -the boys had packed a square of iamp hard show eight feet high into whlcli they -were burrowing when the, roOf collapsed. '• To Mothers in This Town. Ohilclnralwho bxe delirjite, feverish and-orona wmtgattarfaeaiate relief from Mother Cray's BweetEoVf-ders for children. They cleanse the-. Btomadmijiot on the liver, making tt alckly child attour and healthy. A certain cure for woraSrxBold by all druggists, 25o. Sample FrWaVrAodreiM, Allen S.OnriitioVLeBoy, N.Y. .£.\ :'i\' • '-, \' .H>w4 was a cruel fad. This bill makes it a misdemeanor for a person to be in possession of a docked horse unless the horse is registered. That means that people owning docked horses when this ^measure goes into effect can have them registered and keep them without being guilty of a misde- meanor. But if any one' brings dock- ed' horses into the state he is guilty of a misdemeanor, as is any one who purchases a docked horse. Some up- state farmers, who find they got bet- ter prices for their horses by docking | them, opgpse the-biil. - Opposition to Sunday Baseball. The clergymen of the state'are as a unit against the passage of the Mooney and McCue bills to permit Sunday baseball playing by amateur players\ where no admission fee is charged. Petitions against measures leading to violation of a wise .law which had preserved for years in this and other countries the sanctity of the Sabbath have been (presented. Arch- bishops, bishops, clergymen of - all denominations, and church''representa- tives generally, object \to the bills,', which are favored /mostly by young\as-' semblymen from New Ybrk and Brook- lyn and a few. sportm&, rnen. It is b* lieved the bill may be amended so as to make it apply only to New York city hut the committee is not enthus- iastic, oyer the measure and may not report it at all. FW&ert Fulton Water Gate. A hill introduced, by Senator Page r authorizes the construction of a water jpte~ana \mSnumentfy inventor of/ steam, navigation. It pen mits^ the extension of^ Riverside Park to New Yofa city^y the -filling In oi cense and pay $20 if a non-resident and $1 if a resident, has gone back to, committee for the purpose of being amended'., Mr. Merritt declining to accept an* emasculated measure, Jhe bill will probably be defeated. There: is real merit in the bill as first intro- duced. It is similar to the law now in; force in the state of^Ialne and though it may fail at this aesslon'there Is no doubt but that some like measure will In future become a. law of New York state. Maine receives in licenses more money than it makes from its timber products and has set an excel- lent example, to sister states. Eliminating Legislators' Graft. Tinder the laws of the United States members of congress are prohibited from-doing legal business with any governmental, department. The fact, thaftfcu number of state legislators have been enjoying enormous fees through their employment as special counsel by various state'departments led Assemblynfan< J. A. Foley to intro- duce a bill amending the penal code by making it a misdemeanor for any member of the legislature directly or Indirectly to receive any compensa- tion, allowance o'r fees for any ser- vices rendered or expense incurred aB attorney or counsel for any depart- ment, bureau commissioner or officer of the state. Some members of the legislature have drawn as high as $5.- 000 a year for such services and the impression prevails that the question- able practice should be stopped. ~' ~\-\-A''-Mon Exiiettefit Measure. - Every citizen ought to approve the excellent bill which Senator Tully has Introduced at the request of the state civil service commission. Under -its provisions no officer, agent, clerk or Ij-employe shall accept or receive, or be in any mannor directly or indirect- ly concerned in accepting or receiv- ing, either as principal or agent, or use means to transmit to any individ- ual, corporation or confmittee, any po- litical assessment, subscription or I •« contribution to a campaign fund from I any officer, agent, clertf or employe of any state department or any of the civil divisions of the state. This measure would, if enacted into law and properly enforced, lessen mater- ially the resources of campaign com- mittees and some candidates but it would be a long stride toward cleaner and more efficient public service and purer elections. A Larger Prison Commission. . A measure providing for a larger state commission of prisons has been introduced by Assemblyman Robinson of New York. It provides\' that the commission shall consist of seven members, appointed by the governor, of whom three shall be New Yorkers and two women. They shall hold of- fice for four years. The commission may elect a president and vice presi- dent and appoint'a secretary at .a sal- ary of $\5 The commissioners shall receive $10 for each day's at- tendance, the -total not to exceed $500 2a any one yqfar. , Failure, of any com- missioner to attend three consecutive meetings'\may be taken by the gover- nor as a resignation. . Opposition t o UtiJitLes,Bltl. Some very effective' subterranean work is being carried on in opposition to the governor's public utilities measure. The bill is being-, studied carefully with a view\ to permitting certain important interests to escape \ Its restrictions. Representatives of the various transit .reform orgahiza* -ttons heartily advocate the hill be- cause of the local' commission It cre- ates. It is heartily, championed also by its introducers, Senator 4?age and A»«i^|iym,gih -Merritt. Much\ curios-1 fty is'manifest as to what'course the opposition will take either in offering am«&aments or in a policy-of obstruc- tion. ! There is a general imjiression .that the measure is ah excellent one and since it is the sesult of carefeuu study on th« part of the governor and ; his advisers ft is'believed that it will not.be sueceMfuUy attacked. _ u CHAPTER IX. was a May morning off Se- tucklt Point. The Point Itself was In the middle distance, with the lighthouse top shin- ing black against \the sky and the little cluster of fishing shanties showing brown amid the white sand dunes and green beach grass. The life saving sta- tion was perched on the highest of the dunes, and its cupola was almost as conspicuous as the lighthouse. The thick cloud, apparently of mosquitoes, hovering over the point was In reality the flock of mackerel gulls that are al- ways hunting for sand eels on the flat. Low down across the horizon -miles t>s- yond was smeared the blue and yellow streak that marked the mainland, of the cape. To the right, only half a mile away, but through the, darker water that In- dicated the ship channel, a four mast- ed schooner waa moving swiftly, the sunshine flashing sparks from her cab- in windows and making high lights and shadows on her swelling canvas. Ahead of her, against the sky line, was the lightship that marked the turning point In the course. Behind, not quite so far away, was the other lightship that she had just passed.' .More schoon- ers were following, her, strung out in a long line, and others, bound in the op- posite direction, were standing Inshore or heading out to sea as they beat up In the face of the \brisk wind. An oc- casional steamer or an ocean tug with a tow flaunted a dingy streamer of smoke heVc and there amfi the \grace- ful schooners. Along the edge of the channel and sprinkled amid the blue were patches of light green water where the waves ran higher and broke occasionally. There were the shoals—the \Razor- back,\ the \Boneyard\ and the. rest. If it were possible and fashionable to erect tombstones for lives lost at sea these hidden sand bars would bristle with them. Not a winter month that passes but vessels are driven ashore here, and the wicked tides and winds scatter their timbers far and wide. The Setucklt life saving crew have few restful hours from October to May, On the edge of one of these shoals, Just over in deep water, a little schooner lay at anchor, rocking and plunging Incessantly. Her sails were down, and only one man was aboard. Half a mile away, Just where the tail of the shoal made out into the chan- nel,, two dories.were moving slowly In parallel courses, trailing a rope be- tween them. The Bchooner was the' Lizzie; the man aboard her was Bar- ney Small, once a stage driver, but now, forced out of business by the ne-w railroad, back again at his old trade— wrecking. Captain- Ezra Tltcomb was rowing one dory and Bradley Nlcker- son the other. They were \aichor dragging.\ The two dories moved slowly down the edge of the shoal, separated by a distance of perhaps a hundred yards. The line between them, weighted with a lead sinker at each end, was drag- ging along the bottom. They were dragging for an anchor lost by the coasting schooner Mary D. a month before. She had been caught by the tide, and the chain had been let go with a run. One of the handi aboard—Eldredge by name—was an Orham man, and he had had the pres- ence of' mind to take the \ranges which Information he had sold to Cap- tain Titcomb for a five dollar bill. Bradley and the captain began row- ing once more. They had gone but a little way when, slowly but surely, the dories began to draw nearer to each other. Bradley, looking over the side, saw that the \drag line\ no longer heavy weight was lifted from the bot- tom. A«minute or two more and the I captain signaled to ease up. i \Look at that,\ said Captain Ezra, j pointing. \What do you say to a bell-' buoy frame?\ ! \\Why, sure!\ Bradley's tope was a ] disgusted one. \Well we've had our work for nothing. That framework isn't worth anything.\ \Tain't the stockin' that counts al- ways; it's what Santa.Claus puts in-' aide of It. I have a notion this feller may be a s'prise package. H'ist away!\ • More of the wet rope came aboard. Captain Ezra chuckled. \I guessed pretty nigh that time,\ he I.muttered* \MojK>:Bjad t .con>e here,\. The iron frame, green with seaweed and trimmed with kelp and shells, hung half out of the water. At its base, Just above the battered and crushed cone that- had been the buoy, a big bronze bell glistened and drip- ped. - - . • \And I can git $25 for that bell,\ crowed the captain, \which In the pres- J {.«» \Oct out of the channel, Wthflcld.'' ent state of this corporation's finances mustn't be considered a widow's mite. Well, this ain't what I was after, but its none the less welcome, as the cat said when it found the mouse swlm--| min' in the milk pall. Swing her in, Barney! Now we'll go back and have another try for the Mary D.'s anchor.\ They had some long talks together concerning their new venture, which up to date, although they had made some money, had not given them the opportunity for a \big job\ that they hoped for. \Brad observed the captain as they j were walking up from the wharf one evening, \are you glttin' discouraged?\ i \No not yet. I didn't expect any- i thing different this first summer-\ I \What do the old maids say?\ j \Oh they feelieve I'm going to get I rich, of course.\ I \Of course. Well, maybe they ain't i any further out in their reck'nln' one I way than Simmons and the rest are ' the other. What does that little Baker girl have to say about it?\ \Oh well, she didn't quite like it at first, but the more we talk about it to- ; getfeer 'the better the plan seems to her.\ \ \I presume likely you and she talk about it a good deal?'\ There wasn't the slightest flavor of sarcasm appar- ent in this question, so Bradley admit- ted that he and Gus did have a good many talks on the subject. And this statement wasn't an exag- geration. It had become a regular thing for the junior partner in the anchor dragging concern to drop In at the Biaker homestead of aa evening saw mm me uru« uutr mj IUURCI - -* ... . hung straight down, but. tlghHy , after supper, was over and discuss hap- \ \ '.'-.\•' nonlniTH nnrl nlrtna with fJtiH. The fprf- Sead Vonr Cattle and Horse Hides to the OBOSBtf PBlfttAN BT?B COMPANY, BoohetteiPiN. X\ havetheajjoonverted in- to coats, rohes, rags, glovesand mittens .better and cheaper goods than yon cut buy. Never mind the distance, \Crosby pays the. freight,\ fleeourtewJUastrated oatalogpiige 18., H Jp- terMted send for it. «WS* stretched by whatever was holding\\' J Km, 2f\ , S* Pl .T \\* ^ ^\V*** ' - • ing that, the girl was not so wholly at one with him In his hopes and am- bottom, led • off diagonally on the astern. They kept on rowing easily, and in a few minutes the pressure on the line had brought the dories side by side. Then Bradley passed his end of the rope to his partner, who began haul- ing in with care. By this operation the skipper's dory was soon brought, directly over the spot where lay the hidden object. Bradley rowed his own boat alongside. \Now then,\ said Captain Titcomb, \let's see if she's got the right com- plexion.\ He leaned over the side and, taking one_ end of the line In each hand, pulled them tight and sawed vigorous- ly back and forth, thus drawing a sec- tion of the rope again and again under the treasure trove below. Then be paid out one end of the line and hauled in the other until this section came to the surface; It was marked with a dull red stain—Iron rust The smaller end of the \way line,\ a stout rope tapering 'from one inch to three inches in thickness, was spliced to the \drag line\ and drawn down and finder the supposed anchor until; the latter was looped by it. Then the' {-'-'messenger,\ an iron shackle or collar fastened by a bolt or pin, was clamped about the upper parts of the loop. To small cord. * The \way line\ was drawn tight, and the heavy \inessehger\ plunged out .of sight Beneath the water. It slid down to the<end of the\ \way line,\ thushold- ing with, a tenacious grip,, the*, sub- merged object. They tested with the. \messenger pulling it up with the cord and letting it drop again. It struck solidly and With the tingle of metal against metal. . greflteT Pitted, dawn, the Elate, Bar- bitlons as. she used to be had galled Bradley. He resented her criticisms of the new venture on the evening when he first'told her of it. Five years before, he knew, she would have thought it \splendid\ simply because he thought so. He had come home ex- pecting to find her unchanged, forget- ting how much he had changed himself, and now he determined that he would compel her to believe In him and his work. a Dancing was one of the subjects on which they didn't agree. Bradley considered dancing nonsensical and a waste o f time. Gus, on the oHier'hand, •Was very fond of It- \I'd rather saw \wood myself,\ de- clared.* the. forrher one evening. \There'd be about as much work in it, and considerably more fun>\ t| \But Brad, I do like dancing, and there are dances hereLonce in awhile, such as • they are, and—Well, I Wish you danced.'* \I suppose I could manage t p navi- gate through a quadrille Without Wrecking more than half the- set, but a waite would have me out of sound- ings In n o time.\ \Will you try to learn if I teach y'&aV' : Think 'twill pay for the wear and !^..\ m !f en * er \ wa9 alS0 &t * cm *J-iear\ott yo^'newesXapd'the\ furni tee?\ \I'll risk the nerves; and we need some new furniture anyway, fene, We'll begin now. 1*11 hum the tune, and you can imagine that Bennle D.'s three piece orchestra is playing 'Annie Rooney,' with their own variations, and that you're wattzlng—weil> with- Seorglana Bailey;\ § \Great Scott! loot's Imagine somt- Ing pfeasaht to begin on. Ail right <mLtCOSHi- Get out of the channel. iST-\ \\' '„ - '\•\ «g\ •.. ..:;..\ • .. .. were I -svould you go td-fh'e ball on the j A evening of Decoration day at the #*kz town hall? I've had two invitations.\ \Humph!\ The answer was some- what hesitating. \I supposed you didn't know. Other- wise, of course 1 '— \ ....-»_ \I shoujd have invited my dancing -teacher to go with me. Qus, would! you have liked it if I had invited yoij?\ \I should.\ \Well then, Miss Baker, may I have the pleasure of> escorting you to the grand fandangs to be held in the Qr- ham Crystal palace, under the super- vision of his royal swelledness, Mr, Solomon Bangs?\ \You may, sir. Oh, Brad! Of course: I'd rather go with you, because\— \Because what?\ \Because I want to see how my pu- pil looks dancing with somebody else.1 • » « * L j» , • • Qus was prettier than ever the night of the ball. She was dressed simply in... white, but when she came out of the dressing room at the hall and took his armBradley •- uotlced _ that~ half a dozen young men followed her and that they whispered to each other. Gus' \order\ was filled In a few min- utes after the first number was over; . there were more applicants than danees.. Bradley danced a quadrille with Clara Hopkins, who was pretty and jolly, - and he enjoyed it thorough- ly. He labored through a contra dance with Georglana Bailey and didn't en- Joy it as much, although that effer- vescent young lady purred that she had had a \perfectly lovely time,\ and he was \lookin' so well\ and why didn't he call at the house. Miss Bailey's blue silk gown had an imposing and very troublesome train, and she smelt like a perfumer's shop. Captain Titcomb came up thft stairs. He had a dripping umbrella in Ws hand. \Why hello!\ exclaimed Bradley. ,\I didn't know you were coming.\ - \Hello yourself!\ retorted the cap- tain. \I didn't know you was comin* either, so we're square on that hitch. It's blowin' up a reg'lar snorter op> side,\ he added. —1 \Georglana's gayer'n a tin peddler's cart,' ain't she?\ continued Titcomb. \Cnp'n Jabe.'s the only moultin'jjullet in that coop.\ He broke off suddenly and was silent•_ for a minute or more. Bradley asked him what the matter was. • \Oh nothin'!\ was the hasty reply.\ \Quite a crowd here tonight Who's the little., clipper In the white with blue pennants in her fore riggin'—the on* dancln**with Jonadab Wison!s Bister's boy?'& \That's Clara Hopkins.\ \Humph! You don't say! Jim Hop- kins' girl. I wouldn't have known her.\ And the captain subsided\ once morev A little while after that, as \Bradley was dancing his Virginia reel with: Gus, he noticed a disturbance among the crowd of watchers ,at the door. He was in the middle of the line a* the time, and \Snuppy\ Black stood next to him. \Hello!\ esrlalmed \Snuppy.\ \Why. It enn't be! By thunder, it Is' Sam Hammond's come. I didn't know he was expected.\ Hammond it was, and in all the glo- ry of city clothes and unlimited self confidence. When the reel was over, ho came across the floor to where 0fUs_ and Bradley were standing. \How d'ye do, Gus?\ he said, extend- ing his hand. \I'm down for a few days. Got a vacation that I wasn't looking for. Came on tonight's train and thought I'd run up here for a little while, soon as I could get away from the home folks. Let me see your order. Hello, Brad! How are you?\ He was well dressed,, still in the rather conspicuous way, and he had an easy, masterful air about him that none of the country fellows had, though they all envied It. And-he was goodlooking. That couldn't be denied. The last dance was the landers, but as \Bennle D.\ arose to \call: oft\ he announced that there would be, by spe- cial request, an \extra\—a Waltz Brad- ley had seen Hammond tajiklng with the prompter and with Mr. Bangs, and he knew whose the \special request\ was. Under \other circumstances he \This wa\U belong» to BragUv.\ -> wouldn't have .cared so. much for that waRz, but now he •jtanted\ it T«ry much \Indeed. \ ,. < He Walked over to wher* v Gus, flush- ed and laughing, BfoM talking~wlth~ Black, her partner In the landers. Just as. he reached her side Sam came hurrying up and pushed ln.^front of; him without ceremony,' - » _- \Gusf said Hammond, \f made Bmk* M give us this wahWon purpose so that.-Ji we might have it together. Too. h8.v«n , lbM| ,Jt>eea half generofis t o me tonight, tnfcT^ now ftnfcafter mjy-pay^Come!* -^~- Haiiuteteja. his arm„ and. fox %Lstt- 11
